ADOPTION UPDATE

Had another homestudy update. Our 3rd one so far for this next little chilli pepper. There went another $600.00 out to the universe. I think that I may have mentioned before that we are keeping our options open for a boy or girl.

Good news via e-mail today. Group 122 will be leaving on November 5th and recieve their bundles of joy on November 8th. We are slowly inching along as we are group 123.

BEAUTIFUL MT. RAINIER AND A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET

FUN AFTERNOON AT MARIS FARMS

When I checked the weather forecast, it said that today will pretty much be the last good weekend weather we will have till sometime next year. It's all downhill after this. We are to have some nice days during the week though. The weather forecast also says that we are to be getting snow this year since it is the year for La Nina. Therefore I figured today would be the day to go pumpkin hunting.

Dad had some business to take care of this morning so we did not leave till way after lunch. Mimi saw Halliwell playing in her backyard so we thought that maybe she would like to join us and she did. The girls had loads and loads of fun. The admission was only $5.00 per person but it was the food, drink and pumpkins is where they hit your wallet.

We no sooner got there, Mimi and Halliwell were in the barn where they have instead of a pile of hay like at Remlinger Farms, they have corn kernels. The kids love playing in there. The girls were making corn angels, burying themselves in it, so on and so forth. When they were done and came out of the barn, who should we see? Zoe and her family. They had been there alllllll day! Shelley looked so worn out. Poor thing. Then there was the cow train, bouncy house. wall climbing, pony rides, long mine shaft slide, another bouncy matteress, hay rides, just plain running in the field. So many things for them to do.

Of course we cannot go to the farm without eating fresh roasted corn on the cob, homemade lemonade and funnel cake. Of course there is the picking out the pumpkin. Sad part is.......we had a really bad, Bad, BAD summer. Hardly any at all. So therefore the crops were not good this year. It just did not get hot enough for any length of time. The majority of the pumpkins are still green. Janet says that Fred Meyers is selling pumpkins at 18cts a lbs. We bought just one pumpkin for Mimi to make her happy. May go to Freddies next week.

Alleyah was really working her mom to let her and her dad Mike go into the Haunted Forrest. Zoe, Mimi and Braden wanted to go to. Halliwell had her doubts. Mike said that they made it so scary that last night 30 people had to be pulled out of there because it was so scary.

What is the Haunted Forrest you ask? It is a corn maze that is opened at night and according to Mike they have chain saws going without the blades and people in there to scare other people. Needless to say, we did not take Mimi nor Halliwell. Mike nixed it for Zoe and Braden, however he and Alleyah will be going which made the girl sooooooo excited.

FLAMING GEISER

I love our Fall weather. The air is clean and crisp. Yesterday we all had a full day. It started off with breakfast then Todd came to the house to work on the hole in our guest bathroom at the same time I was off to the nail salon then Walmart to get some household items. During this time Blake was over at the house playing with Mimi while dad was outside doing some yard work. There is never any rest for the wicked around our house.

By the time I made it home with lunch in tow, Mike our homestudy guy just arrived to do our second homestudy for chili pepper #2. We talked for a while. Looked at all of our options. We told him that Mimi really wants a boy but at the same time I think I can safely say that dad and I have our heart set on a girl. So as of now, we are keeping our options open. Hey, let's face it, we are ready for a boy or girl. More boy than girl though.

By the time all was said and done, I still had a couple of hours till I was to meet with some of the gals down in Kent, so we thought it would be a great idea to take Mimi and Butch out since the weather is gorgeous. That we did. Took them to Flaming Geiser State Park about 20 minutes from our home. I was kind of hoping that it would not be too late for the salmon run but sadly it was. Oh well, there is always next year.

The little flame you see in the picture IS Flaming Geiser itself.

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY

Last Tuesday was my volunteer day at school and if only the parents
knew the things their kids talk about. They tell me EVERYTHING!

Because it was such a nice day we headed over to the park after school.

MORE BIG NEWS ON THE HOMEFRONT

The biggest news of all last week was that Halliwell learned to ride her bike without any help or trainning wheels. I am pretty sure it was due to peer pressure.

Several weeks ago was when Micah, Bailey and Mimi all learned to ride their bikes without any trainning wheels. Halliwell did great!!!

BIG NEWS

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25323239/detail.html

Found this news out last night. It is all the buzz around our neighborhood and small town of Maple Valley. Rhett and his family lives just down the street from us. On Blake's street to be exact. For good or bad we did not know the family personally as their kids are older than Mimi. It was still surprising just the same. Dad says "and here we thought we moved into a quiet little neighborhood. IMHO crime happens everywhere.